Of all private U.S. agricultural land, Whites account for 96 percent of the owners, 97 percent of the value, and 98 percent of the acres. Nonetheless, four minority groups (Blacks, American Indians, Asians, and Hispanics) own over 25 million acres of agricultural land, valued at over $44 billion, which has wide-ranging consequences for the social, economic, cultural, and political life of minority communities in rural America. This article presents the most recent national data available on the racial and ethnic dimensions of agricultural land ownership in the United States, based largely on USDA’s Agricultural Economics and Land Ownership Survey of 1999.
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Who Owns The Land? Agricultural Land Ownership by Race/Ethnicity
Publication Name
ERS Agricultural Economic Report
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Author
Jess Gilbert, Spencer D. Wood and Gwen Sharp
Publisher
Washington, DC: USDA Economic Research Service
Page Numbers
55-62
Publication Date
December 01, 2002
Publication Type
Articles
State
National
Keywords
Agricultural Statistics, Farmland Protection Overview